36 MANUAL OF nilLIPriXE muDs. 



Basilan only to reappear in Sulu. In the face of Count Salvadori's 

 identification of Gnillemard's specimen, however, we have nothing to say. 

 "Iris pnrple ; legs and feet deep purple ; nails brown. Five birds from 

 Samar and Siqnijor average: Length, 235; wing, 122; tail, 83; culmen, 

 19; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 26. A female from Mindanao is 

 larger, measuring: Length, 250; wing, 127; tail, 94; culmen, 17; tarsus, 

 19; middle toe with claw, 28." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



25. PHAPITRERON ALBIFRONS McGregor. 



BOHOL WHITE-EARED PIGEON. 



Phabotreron brerirosiris Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, G9 



( part ) . 

 Phapitrcron albifrons McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 317. 



Li-mu~con, Bohol. 



Boliol {Stecrc Exp., McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d- Worcester, Celestino) . 



Adult male (ti/pe). — General color l)rown, much darker above, with 

 iridescent reflections most pronounced on nape, mantle, and breast ; 

 merging rather abruptly into dark gray of crown; occiput, nape, and 

 sides of head ruddy brown; from gape a narrow brown line passing 

 below eye with a wider white line underneath, both lines reaching ])eyond 

 ear-coverts; chin white, gradually changing to gray on throat and ochra- 

 ceous on breast and abdomen ; under tail-coverts and a wide band at end 

 of tail pale french-gray; wings uniform with the back; primaries with a 

 narrow light brown edge on outer webs; with the bird held toward 

 the light the occiput and nape are glossed with green, followed l)y a 

 patch of metallic blue, this followed on interscapulars by a wide band 

 of metallic green extending to sides of neck and narrov/ly bordered 

 behind by blue; the wings and remaining upper parts have a dull green 

 gloss ; with the l)ird held away from the light the green changes to purple 

 and this metallic color shows also on throat, breast, and sides of neck. 

 Length, 234 ; wing, 122 ; tail, 81 ; culmen from base, 16 ; tarsus, 17. 



Female. — Similar to the male. In this species the terminal half of 

 bill is black; basal half of bill, skin around eyes, and feet dull crimson; 

 iris broMu; nails gray. 



Egg. — A hard-shelled egg was taken from a female killed on June 7, 

 1906; another egg, obtained in the same manner four days later, meas- 

 ures 27 by 21 and is pure white in color. 



This species is most closely related to P. hrevirostris but it differs in 

 having a white forehead and brown subocular line. 



Subfamily PTILOPODINv^. 



Forest inhabiting pigeons of medium size; upper surface rich green; 

 no band across lower back. 



